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Adaptation And Resilience Impact: A Measurement Framework For Investors This report presents a comprehensive guide for investors to assess the impact of their investments on adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change. Structure and Overview: It provides a conceptual model for assessing adaptation and resilience impact, highlighting the need for alignment with other approaches to measurement in this field. Five Dimensions of Impact: The framework outlines five key dimensions for assessing impact - What, Who, How much, Contribution, and Risk. These dimensions help investors evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of their investments in adaptation and resilience. Adaptation and Resilience Metrics: A set of metrics is proposed covering various aspects such as people, planet, and economy, providing a holistic view of the impact. Aggregating Impact Metrics: It discusses the challenges and considerations involved in aggregating adaptation and resilience impact metrics. While aggregation may be facilitated by people-based, planet-based, and value-based metrics, caution is advised to ensure meaningful aggregation. Limitations of Aggregability: It acknowledges limitations to the aggregability of adaptation and resilience outcomes, particularly in terms of depth and specificity across the three aspects of impact - people, planet, and economy. Future Outlook: It encourages investors to look forward and consider the evolving landscape of adaptation and resilience, emphasizing the need for continuous assessment and improvement in impact measurement practices.  Adaptation and Resilience Impact framework offers a structured approach for investors to evaluate the effectiveness of their investments in promoting adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change. This would help them make informed decisions to support sustainable and resilient outcomes.

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🚀 New Guide Alert : How to measure financed emissions in private equity portfolios? 📊💼   Did you know that for financial institutions, the main source of Scope 3 emissions is their investment portfolios, also known as financed emissions? 🌍📉 For many financial entities, an astounding 99% of total GHG emissions are financed emissions.   In the private equity (PE) sector, the urgency of robust Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting has never been greater. With growing regulatory pressures and the increasing demand for sustainable investment practices, frameworks like the GHG Protocol and PCAF are now indispensable. 📚💡   To help financial institutions in calculating the financed emissions within private equity portfolios, we created a dedicated guide that covers:   ✅ The importance of carbon footprint management in the private equity sector ✅ Detailed methodologies for measuring financed emissions ✅ Practical steps for implementing PCAF standards ✅ How to align with regulatory requirements such as the EU Taxonomy and SFDR This guide is essential for financial institutions aiming to achieve net-zero emissions and enhance transparency in their investment practices.   👉 Download the guide now: https://lnkd.in/du3Ri7sy   #SustainableFinance #PrivateEquity #GHGReporting #NetZero #FinancedEmissions #ClimateAction #Sustainability #GreenInvestment

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Great forum on building sector decarbonization in Beijing China, huge progress in last 6 years. The public and private sector in China on low carbon buildings is emensely improved. Looking forward to seeing further progress. The Green Building sector for existing buildings and new construction accounts for $1.3t potential. EDGE Buildings Hao Guo Diep Nguyen-van Houtte Building Resilience Index

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🌍 New Model for Carbon Finance : Reforestation-Linked-Bonds The World Bank introduced this August a USD 225 million Amazon Reforestation-Linked Bond, aiming to accelerate #reforestation in the #Amazon. “This new outcome bond is a remarkable win-win, creating a bridge between capital markets investors seeking to support positive development and environmental impact in the Amazon with reforestation projects that will help safeguard one of our most valuable natural resources with rich biodiversity, climate and social benefits,” Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer - World Bank.   The novelty comes with a reduced guaranteed return + potential upside of revenues generated through the issuance, monetization and sales of generated Carbon Removal Units. According to the World Bank, approximately USD 36 million of capital was already mobilized through the bond and channeled through HSBC to MOMBAK (project developer) – which will be unlocked subject to the achievement of certain achievements. “We are happy to partner with the World Bank and HSBC in the largest outcome bond deal to date. This first debt transaction for biodiverse reforestation will help unlock debt capital markets for the industry” Gabriel Haddad Silva- co-founder of MOMBAK. With the capital raised, the project developer, specialized in large-scale reforestation projects in the Amazon, will develop high-integrity carbon removal projects, reforesting degraded Brazilian pastureland using native and biodiverse tree species. Takeaways: - New financial instruments are always welcome for the development of carbon projects. - The benefits of the development of carbon projects linked bonds are varied: from increased capital flows through a debt instrument, to derisking the asset class and driving further regulation and transparency into the voluntary carbon space.   - As Carbon Markets evolve new financial instruments will become available, driving growth, knowledge sharing and best practices to offset emissions – a complement to a robust decarbonization strategy. Want to learn more about how Carbon Offset Certification supports carbon projects through advisory services? Don’t hesitate to contact [email protected] 👉 Press Release : https://lnkd.in/dBTdbiMh #CarbonFinance #Reforestation #Sustainability #AmazonRainforest #WorldBank #CarbonOffsetCertification  #Offset

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On October 10th, Maria Nazarova-Doyle, CFA joins #PRIinPerson for a discussion on "How to build resilient portfolios for the new climate normal: Adaptation, mitigation, and resilience", where she will shed light on how infrastructure can drive portfolio resilience in a changing climate. #IFMInvestors #PRI #Infrastructure #PortfolioResilience Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Do Investors Care About Biodiversity? Read digest of newly published paper by Alexandre Garel, Arthur Romec, Zacharias Sautner, and Alexander Wagner in Review of Finance, Volume 28, Issue 4, July 2024, Pages 1151–1186 Biodiversity, the variety of living organisms in all habitats, is deteriorating at an unprecedented and alarming rate. Given the potentially dramatic financial consequences of the loss of biodiversity, firms, investors, and financial market regulators are increasingly paying attention to the topic. However, the link between biodiversity and finance has received little attention by academics. In this paper, we take a step toward filling this gap by introducing to the finance literature a science-based measure, the corporate biodiversity footprint (CBF), and exploring whether investors price this footprint. https://lnkd.in/dP69PfKA

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